A giant hail storm hit Washington, D.C. this afternoon:
Just when you think no DC weather can surprise this South Floridian there comes a sudden summer marble-sized hailstorm threatening to pierce our skylight ? pic.twitter.com/EZ1wOQUorO
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) June 2, 2019
And blue-checks took to Twitter to share photos of the little ice balls:
Not often we get a hail storm like this in DC pic.twitter.com/3HLxnmRwDZ
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 2, 2019
“Insane,” even:
Insane hail storm in DC right now pic.twitter.com/eBi5Q5AuQS
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) June 2, 2019
Here’s the storm that caused it:
Hail producing storm as it moved into NW DC. Big hail core lofted then collapse. Probably the "best" hail storm I've seen here in 13+ years. 2019 is becoming quite a storm year locally. pic.twitter.com/Shi86DaAmD
— Ian Livingston (@islivingston) June 2, 2019
And we haven’t yet heard from the real Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who recently asked if a tornado warning that was called for D.C. was caused by global warming, we do have a reaction from the very funny AOC parody account:
Dippin' Dots Ice Cream is literally falling from the sky in DC right now.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Office (Parody) (@AOCoffice) June 2, 2019
HA!
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